Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 29, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-10685
CVE-2017-10685
Description
In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13nvd
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